Seeds Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1400)

14. [Repealed, SOR/2012-13, s. 3]

• 15. (1) The labelling information required by these Regulations shall be shown conspicuously, legibly and indelibly in either or both official languages in a size and of a type and colour that can be easily read.

• (2) No label shall show

  • (a) any variation in the character, size, colour or placing of the printing that emphasizes or obscures any part of the labelling information required by these Regulations;

  • (b) any incorrect or misleading information or mark; or

  • (c) any brand name or mark that might be construed as the name of a variety.

• (3) Where any reference, direct or indirect, is made on a label to a place of production of the label or package and not to the place of production of the seed, the reference shall be accompanied by an additional statement indicating that the place of production refers only to the label or package.

• (4) Where seed that is produced, packaged and labelled in a country other than Canada has applied to it a label that shows the identity and principal place of business of the person in Canada for whom the seed was produced for resale, the identity and principal place of business of that person shall be preceded by the words “imported by” or “imported for”, unless the geographic origin of the seed is stated on the label.

• 16. (1) All units of measurement required to be shown on a label shall be the units of the International System of Units, in accordance with the Weights and Measures Act.

• (2) Where a unit of measurement is expressed in units of the International System of Units in accordance with subsection (1), other units of measurement may also be used.

• 17. (1) Seed shall not be labelled with a grade name unless it has been

  • (a) graded pursuant to section 13, in the case of seed to be labelled with a Canada pedigreed grade name; and

  • (b) tested in accordance with section 11, in all other cases.

• (2) Every package of seed marked with the grade name “Canada Foundation Substandard”, “Canada Foundation Substandard (Purity)”, “Canada Registered Substandard” or “Canada Certified Substandard” shall indicate on a tag that is affixed to the package the percentage of germination of a representative sample of the seed determined pursuant to the appropriate test done in accordance with section 11 and the date on which the test was completed.

• (3) Every package of seed marked with a Varietal Blend grade name shall be labelled with the variety names and percentage of each variety.

• 18. (1) Subject to subsection (3), every package of seed of a kind or species set out in Schedule I shall be labelled with the following information as determined pursuant to the appropriate test done in accordance with section 11:

  • (a) the name and number of noxious weed seeds per unit weight;

  • (b) the name and number of other weed seeds per unit weight or, where the standard set out in Schedule I is based on percentage by weight, the name and percentage by weight of other weed seeds;

  • (c) the name and number of seeds of other crops per unit weight or, where the standard set out in Schedule I is based on percentage by weight, the name and percentage by weight of other crops;

  • (d) the percentage of germination of a representative sample of the seed; and

  • (e) the date on which the test was completed.

• (2) Subject to subsection (3), every package of seed of a kind or species that is not set out in Schedule I shall be labelled with the information referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c) as determined pursuant to the appropriate test done in accordance with section 11.

• (3) Except for a package of seed marked with the grade name “Canada Foundation Substandard (Purity)”, subsections (1) and 2 do not apply where a vendor, in response to a request of a purchaser made within 1 year after the sale of a package, supplies the purchaser, in writing, within 30 days after the request is made, with the information specified in subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be.